Beppu City

Events of professional interest to language teachers in Beppu City.

• Upcoming Events in Beppu City

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• Past 5 Events in Beppu City
• January 30th (Saturday) 2016

• Oita JALT

  Global Issues in Language Education: Teaching for a Better World

  4:00 PM-6:00 PM,

  Kip Cates (Tottori University)

  As language teachers in the 21st century, we live in challenging times. What is our responsibility as educators in a world of war, poverty, prejudice and pollution? How can we teach English in a way that promotes global awareness, international understanding and social responsibility? How can we improve students' language proficiency while empowering them with the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed in a global age? This presentation will introduce the field of global education, outline its aims and objectives, and discuss key steps that teachers can take to add a global dimension to the language classroom.

• February 6th (Friday) 2015

• Oita JALT

  Facing the Tokyo Olympics: The Meaning of a Global Japan and the Importance of Acculturation Strategies

  2:00 PM-4:00 PM,

  Adam Komisarof

  The 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics loom on the horizon. With this seminal event approaching, discussions will proliferate about how Japanese society can become more global and what type of mindset and skills are necessary for Japan?s working populace to become ?gurobaru jinzai.

• July 20th (Saturday) 2013

• Oita JALT

  Materials and Methods for the Communicative Classroom

  4:00 PM-5:30 PM,

  Mark Shrosbree

  Commercial textbooks form the backbone of many language courses. While such textbooks offer many advantages, they are rarely perfectly suited to any one particular group of learners.

• May 27th (Sunday) 2012

• Oita JALT

  Balancing Language Teaching: The case for Extensive Reading

  3:00 PM-5:00 PM,

  Rob Waring

  The first half of this presentation will introduce the Balanced Curriculum which shows how to balance all the important elements of input, output, fluency focus and study focus.

• April 7th (Saturday) 2012

• Oita JALT

  Two Presentations on Communicative Language Teaching

  2:00 PM-4:00 PM,

  Kevin Bartlett (Hiramatsu Gakuen); Nathan Ducker (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University)

  Communicative Language Teaching: TPR and Multiple IntelligencesKevin BartlettIn this presentation, I intend to outline my findings of a survey conducted at two different high schools in Oita City (both high academic level schools).